Monster in the Attic

onster locked

her Rocky, and he had been locked away by

l, with violent tendencies, so they had to lo

cky covered my mouth and, with a look of fear, tol

d, I knew there was a mon

se, it was my el

could remember, I

small room in the attic. My

for no reason, had intellectual di

others, they had no choice b

cretly wiping away tears

ad would take food up to Rocky. I

was afraid

ly hear the sound of chains dragging in

shadow over

er was like a

f my friends about

out. They told me the food was in th

r repeatedly reminded me

said that, I woul

was a forb

started eating while

e sound of chains dr

as R

it, but soon there were pain

ll of pain that it

y in dis

like him, he was

d cautiously climbed t

ark, with a red wooden do

though my mother always tried to hide

took down a book, and retr

the door. As I inserted the key into t

the doo

I was entering this ro

mediately, making me

eet, with an unkempt beard and hair so

rother, my bl

fear I had imagined. Instead

oc

led s

his mouth opening as he

hat he might not

s didn't se

, and the closer I got, the s

him. "Rocky, is there some

tears rolled

r and a pen and h

n wounds, so much so that he

pen and wrote a line

not our re

hat line

meant, I heard the sound of my pare

ocky's eyes as he signa

d pen, locked the door, and r

coming up the stairs, so I qui

tice me and took out th

food, and soon, Rocky'

wnstairs and hid in the bathroom, pretend

me and said, "Look

the table, I saw my

parents went out, they never for

for me was

s Celsius as a child, my mother stayed up

ch loving pa

ds still filled

le casually asking, "Mom, do we have an

n't you forgotten that we take a family photo

ke, her ey

om before I was three ye

"Bailee, why do you suddenly wa

family photos from when we were little for a

three, our family was going through a toug

k t

eart

was three, and I have images of my

os from before I was three made it impossib

"Bailee, Rocky's condition is getting worse. Lately,

ou

ess these days. Mom and Dad don't want him to bec

was in

I was more inclined to trust the paren

for me wa

back to my room and absentmindedl

but I couldn't get Rocky's pai

door, and my mother cam

ou need to take care of yourself too."

nd didn't feel like drinking milk, but

it's hot. I'll take th

were in

at my mother had always been like this

it there. I'll

repeatedly reminding

Could there be something wr

ilk for over ten years. If there were something wrong

drink, when I caught a glimpse

's pale face peeking through the c

at are y

ed out

just worried you wouldn't drink the

made me more suspi

ou don't need to worry so

e you drink it," sh

ly poured the milk into the

ents were asleep, I quietly

he key, and when Rocky saw me, his e

ntouched leftovers that my

cked by w

vers, mixed together,

had eaten compared to the pig slop

arents treat R

be telling

hat dad and mom u

unable to

lent, but I alrea

t man, Rocky's arms w

to him, despera

real parents, where

he pen and scrawled a cr

rents when you were

ead the words, findin

w their faces, so they've kept

si

ly on. The bank sends money every month. They can't access the funds, s

mo

hing they give you. The

slo

lines of text

grabbed my shoulders. His eye

ike first, kill

pare

last thing

he sound of the door